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System administration

syca – minimal sudo-like privilege elevation tool

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

syca is a minimal sudo-like privilege elevation tool for Linux with PAM authentication and system-wide secure password caching.

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gasroot – run a process as the root user

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

gasroot is a utility that lets you run a process as the root user. gasroot asks for the user’s password, using a graphical interface.

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asroot – simpler alternative to sudo and doas

November 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

asroot is a command-line utility to run a process as the root user. It’s written in the C language

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sudo-rs – memory safe implementation of sudo and su

November 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

sudo-rs is a safety oriented and memory safe implementation of sudo and su written in Rust. It’s an independent implementation.

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please – polite regex-first sudo alternative

June 1, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

please is a small utility to delegate accurate least privilege access with ease. It’s written in the Rust programming language.

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doas – execute commands as another user

May 31, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

The doas utility is a program originally written for OpenBSD which allows a user to run a command as though they were another user.

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pkexec – execute a command as another user

May 31, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pkexec allows an authorized user to execute a command as another user.

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su – run a command with substitute user and group ID

May 31, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

su allows commands to be run with a substitute user and group ID.

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dzdo – execute commands with the privileges of another user

May 31, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dzdo is a command-line tool used to execute commands with the privileges of another user, such as the superuser or root user.

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Getting Started with Docker: Run Docker without sudo

November 7, 2021 Steve Emms Tutorials

Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.

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